A Play in One Act by Keith Good. (Lights up; the scene is frozen. A Baker stands in an apron and toq behind a “Sandwich” counter in the O-Co Coliseum. Oakland A’s General Manager Billy Beane is standing before the counter.
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In a Fall Classic replete with clutch hitting, outstanding pitching and surprise heroes, it was a singular moment which had nothing to do with extra inning plays at the plate or pitching performances which would stand the test of time.
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My dream has always been to work in Major League Baseball, and for a long time, I gave that dream a real shot. Alas, here we are.
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In the open-minded paradise that is Jupiter, Florida, Peter Gammons can be the real Peter Gammons and make real Peter Gammons wardrobe choices. And the ballplayers respect the hell out of that, let me tell you.
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Chemistry is overrated. All chemistry does is make good fodder for lazy reporters. The 1990 Padres definitely produced fodder for reporters. That was about the only thing they were good at.
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*You might be wondering how The Spitter was able to get an interview with Curt Schilling. Well, the answer is, “we didn’t.” But everything “Curt Schilling”says in the “interview” below can be almost entirely directly attributed to him.
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You’ll recall that Chase Utley’s totally dirty non-slide broke Mets shortstop Ruben Tejada’s leg in Game 2 of last year’s NLDS. We all watched it three dozen times while we waited for the medical team to cart Tejada off the field.
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That it’s an even numbered year will only serve to fuel the superstition that there is something beyond baseball brilliance afoot, because the Giants will win the 2016 World Series.
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By far, the funnest thing I did this offseason was attend the Dockers x CFDA NYFWM Opening Party during New York Fashion Week. I still have no idea what all those letters stand for, but I certainly understood Dockers and party!
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When you reach adulthood, you look at the world differently, the sporting world in particular. You see things for what they really are and your investment is tempered; the games are no longer life-and-death, as it seemed when you were a child. Players and teams can appear mythical and god-like when your mind hasn’t matured enough to know that they are
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